Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin game receives anime adaptation

Edelweiss' Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin game is set to receive an anime adaptation in 2024, as announced by the staff for the anime on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Produced P.A. Works, the anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliated channels this year.

Developed by Edelweiss and published by Marvelous, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is a side-scrolling action RPG game. It was launched for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC, in November 2020 in North America.

Earlier, the game inspired a manga adaptation by Jiji and Pinch, titled Tensui no Sakuna Hime: Ikusa Datara no Kamigami, and the news of the anime adaptation excited fans.

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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin game's anime adaptation will release in 2024

On Saturday, March 9, 2024, an official website and X handle were launched to announce that developer Edelweiss' side-scrolling action role-playing game, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, would receive an anime adaptation in 2024 by P.A. Works Studios.

However, an exact release date is yet to be revealed. Nevertheless, it has been decided that the Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliated networks in Japan. Along with this information, the staff has also shared a motion teaser visual to allow fans to experience the world of Sakuna Hime.

The teaser visual for Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin anime (Image via P.A. Works)

Besides the teaser visual, the cast members of the anime have also been revealed. The voice actors from the original game will reprise their roles in the anime. Naomi Ozora will star as Sakuna Hime, while Rika Kinugawa will voice Kokorowa.

Other cast members for the series include:

• Takashi Narumi as the old man Tama
• Ryota Yano as Tauemon
• Hikari Kubota as Myrthe
• Soma Maeda as Kinta
• Aoi Kaga as Yui
• Rika Momokawa as Kaimaru
• Yuji Kameyama as Ishimaru
• Riki Kagami as Ashigmo
• Miwa Kohinata as Kamuhitsuki

Comments from the ARPG game's creators were also shared on the anime's official website. Naru from Edelweiss revealed that he once fantasized about the game being made into an anime and was glad that his dream had come true.

Likewise, Edelweiss' Koichi also disclosed his feelings about working on the project. The developer revealed how he got involved in the title and asked fans to look forward to the anime adaptation to see how Sakuna and her friends move around.

The staff for the Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin anime also revealed that they will hold an exhibition for the anime in AnimeJapan2024, at the TOHO Animation Booth.

The original side-scrolling game tells a captivating tale about Sakuna, a proud yet lonely harvest Goddess, who has been banished to an island with a group of outcast human beings. In this game, the players take on the role of the banished harvest Goddess, who defeats several demons on the island using farm tools.

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